Alberta plan hints at tax increases as deficits loom
A blunt two year draft by the Alberta committee on public expenditures and revenues warns that rising spending on health education and welfare will outstrip income. It calls for higher gasoline and fuel taxes, higher income taxes and more vehicle licenses with a possible three percent retail sales tax if needed.
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Edmonton
Committee On
Anders Aalborg
Medicine Hat
Vara
Crmniniwak
Britain warns Portugal over Rhodesia oil embargo risk
London instructs Ambassador Ross in Lisbon to tell Portugal that allowing oil shipments to Rhodesia through Beira could trigger UN pressure and possibly a compulsory embargo under Chapter 7. Aimed at turning sanctions into force, the move would affect Rhodesia and South Africa and shift control from Britain to the UN.
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London
Britain
Portugal
Rhodesia
United Nations
Archibald Ross
Lisbon
Joanna V
Ross
Beira
Ian Smith
Portugese
Republic of South Africa
UN Security Council
Death penalty faces House vote in Ottawa split
The Commons votes 199 to 23 to reject limiting capital punishment for life-term murderers as debate over abolition continues. Opposition leaders and ministers divide, with Diefenbaker backing a five year trial in a bid to pass abolition.
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Don McGillivray Southam
Ottawa
House of Commons
The
Commons
Creditiste
C. A. Gauthier
Diefenbaker
Donald Macdonald
Paul Martin
New Democrats
Creditistes
Medlraith
Winters
Robichaud
Terry Nugent
Reid Scott
Pearson
NDP
T. C. Douglas
Robert Stanbury
Ralph Cowan
Stanley Knowles
Knowles
John Matheson
Mr. Diefenbaker
No News Friday and advertising deadlines listed
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Jail terms urged for hate propaganda in Canada report
A 327 page Commons report by an eight member committee calls for new criminal laws to curb anti racist and anti religious propaganda. It recommends up to five years for genocide advocacy and up to two years for public incitement likely to provoke violence by religious color race language or origin.
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Ottawa
Commons
Pennell
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Germany
Italy
Maxwell Cohen
McGill University Law School
Flood threat prompts standby warning across Manitoba towns
Families in Emerson St. Jean Baptiste Morris and nearby areas prep to move as Red River rises. Officials warn to be ready by Wednesday with evacuation urged once river hits 786 feet. Emerson reports eight homes abandoned and a dike leak at St Jean Baptiste forces 14 evacuations.
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Emerson
St. Jean Baptiste
Morris
George Hutton
Frank Muirhead
Muirhead
Spence Faces Powers Problem in Inquiries Like Dorion
Ottawa reports that Justice Spence may confront the same limits on royal commission powers seen by Chief Justice Dorion in 1964 and 1965. The issue centers on contempt of court and whether a royal commission can sanction defiant witnesses or publications, a jurisdiction gap Dorion urged Parliament to fix.
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Ottawa
Wishart Spence
Frederic Dorion
Court of Star Chamber
Justice Spence
Supreme Court of Canada
Gerda Munsinger
Cardin
Dorion
Quebec
Qndec
Civil war threat eased in Da Nang amid talks and unrest
In Da Nang a compromise eased the risk of civil war within South Vietnamese forces after talks between Premier Ky and Maj Gen Nguyen Van Chuan. A Buddhist demand for a national assembly within three months kept tensions, while riot police dispersed a crowd in Saigon. U S C 130 transports boosted Marines at Da Nang air base as authorities plan a new constitution and early 1967 assembly elections.
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DA Nang
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Chuan
Chuan
1St Corps
Thich Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
U.S
Medicine Hat council debates highway work and town expansion
Medicine Hat council Monday night clashed over extending Highway 41 work from Medicine Hat to Chappese Lake due to weather. Mayor Weiner criticized the 13.7 miles of stabilizer gravel and base course and urged more miles or a redo. He pressed for relocating a provincial building project near Number One Highway to the Flats area to revitalize the district.
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Medicine Hats
City Council
Harri Leinweber
Highway 41
Weiner
Medicine Hat
Chappese Lake
Uis
Leinweber
Allan Gunter
City Council split over financing new City Hall plan
Council members back a new City Hall but disagree on funding. Ald Wiedemann proposes setting aside one mill in 1966 and 1967 and two mills thereafter for construction, while others question earmarked funds and prefer borrowing. Mayor Weiner suggests a five thousand dollar yearly reserve for architect costs through 1969, with build slated for 1969 unless decisions are stalled.
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Ald
Wiedemann
Roy Wiedemann
City Hall
Arena Gardens
Rex Osborne
Redcliff Council defends centennial library plan
Redcliff Town Council moves forward with a centennial library despite a petition of 223 names and protests from ratepayers. A special meeting drew 50 attendees with 253 votes for and 20 against. officials deem the vote unrepresentative and proceed. Mayor AH Dutton cites prior decisions and existing acceptances by Ottawa and Edmonton.
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Redcliff
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Quang Ngai
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red River
Spence
Council
Harry
Ald. Wiedemann
Redcliffs
AH Dutton
Mr. Dutton
Helen Dieh
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